{"id":1200190,"date":"2020-08-06T05:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?guid=13da2b34c5cf83c72683ecfe4345dbc5"},"modified":"2020-08-06T05:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:38:20","slug":"worlds-best-performing-gold-stock-doesnt-operate-any-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1200190","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s best-performing gold stock doesn\u2019t operate any mines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most successful way to be a gold producer may be to not operate any mines.<\/p>\n<p>At least, that\u2019s the business model of DRDGold, the best-performing stock on the MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners Investable Market Index this year. The company, which specialises in recovering gold from mine dumps in and around Johannesburg, has surged 277% in 2020, also making it the biggest gainer on South Africa\u2019s FTSE\/JSE Africa all share benchmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is flocking to the arms of gold,\u201d Niel Pretorius, CEO of DRDGold, said in an interview with Bloomberg. \u201cAnd because our company does provide exceptional gearing to the gold price, and it is traded at a multiple to movement of the gold price, it is always a favourite pick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most successful way to be a gold producer may be to not operate any mines.<\/p>\n<p>At least, that\u2019s the business model of DRDGold, the best-performing stock on the MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners Investable Market Index this year. 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